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Jim Butcher

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in Independence, Missouri, The United States

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Jim Butcher is the author of the Dresden Files, the Codex Alera, and a new steampunk series, the Cinder Spires. His resume includes a laundry list of skills which were useful a couple of centuries ago, and he plays guitar quite badly. An avid gamer, he plays tabletop games in varying systems, a variety of video games on PC and console, and LARPs whenever he can make time for it. Jim currently resides mostly inside his own head, but his head can generally be found in his home town of Independence, Missouri.

Jim goes by the moniker Longshot in a number of online locales. He came by this name in the early 1990′s when he decided he would become a published author. Usually only 3 in 1000 who make such an attempt actually manage to become publishe ...more

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	Storm Front (The Dresden Files, #1) 4.02 avg rating — 203,046 ratings — published 2000 — 69 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fool Moon (The Dresden Files, #2) 4.04 avg rating — 113,748 ratings — published 2001 — 56 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Grave Peril (The Dresden Files, #3) 4.18 avg rating — 99,226 ratings — published 2001 — 54 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Summer Knight (The Dresden Files, #4) 4.30 avg rating — 91,999 ratings — published 2002 — 45 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Death Masks (The Dresden Files, #5) 4.31 avg rating — 84,954 ratings — published 2003 — 42 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dead Beat (The Dresden Files, #7) 4.43 avg rating — 78,644 ratings — published 2005 — 30 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blood Rites (The Dresden Files, #6) 4.33 avg rating — 80,809 ratings — published 2004 — 40 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Proven Guilty (The Dresden Files, #8) 4.41 avg rating — 75,492 ratings — published 2006 — 29 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	White Night (The Dresden Files, #9) 4.41 avg rating — 74,684 ratings — published 2007 — 31 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Small Favor (The Dresden Files, #10) 4.43 avg rating — 71,383 ratings — published 2008 — 29 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Freedom v Fear

I don't make statements like this a lot, and I don't really feel like engaging in a huge debate. But there's something I need to say regarding Charlie Hebdo.

God knows I have little in common with the folks who died. I doubt we'd have agreed on very much. Looking over some of their work, I find myself rolling my eyes a lot.

But I do agree on at least one matter with them--they should be free to s... Read more of this blog post »

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Series by Jim Butcher

The Dresden Files (17 books)
by Jim Butcher (Goodreads Author)
4.26 avg rating — 1,431,357 ratings

Codex Alera (6 books)
by Jim Butcher (Goodreads Author)
4.29 avg rating — 285,313 ratings

The Dresden Files Graphic Novels (10 books)
by Jim Butcher (Goodreads Author), Mark Powers, Joseph Cooper (Illustrations)
4.20 avg rating — 33,043 ratings

The Cinder Spires (2 books)
by Jim Butcher (Goodreads Author)
4.18 avg rating — 21,564 ratings

Dresden Files: Storm Front (2 books)
by Jim Butcher (Goodreads Author), Mark Powers (Adaptation), Ardian Syaf (Illustrator), Brett Booth (Illustrator)
4.36 avg rating — 13,889 ratings

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“When everything goes to hell, the people who stand by you without flinching -- they are your family. ”
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“Are you always a smartass?'

Nope. Sometimes I'm asleep.”
― Jim Butcher, Blood Rites

tags: humor, impudence, sarcasm, smartass

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“Paranoid? Probably. But just because you're paranoid doesn't mean there isn't an invisible demon about to eat your face.”
― Jim Butcher, Storm Front

tags: demon, paranoia, paranoid

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August Fantasy -- This poll decides which two books will go into the run off poll for FANTASY BOTM for August 2016.

The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin

17 votes, 23.9%

The Aeronaut's Windlass by Jim Butcher

16 votes, 22.5%

Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor

14 votes, 19.7%

Promise of Blood by Brian McClellan

12 votes, 16.9%

Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire

6 votes, 8.5%

Arcadia by Iain Pears

6 votes, 8.5%

71 total votes

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